Minor injuries after bus crashes through fence

December 22, 2011 7:10:10 PM PST

PITTSBURGA, Calif. --

Six people were transported to hospitals with complaints of pain Thursday afternoon after the public transit bus they were riding lost control and crashed through a fence at the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station, a BART police official said.

BART Deputy Police Chief Ben Farrow said that shortly before 3:30 p.m., a Tri Delta Transit bus was heading through the station's bus zone at 1700 W. Leland Road when it careened out of the parking lot, through a fence and into a dirt lot next to the station.

"We don't know why the bus lost control -- it took out about 10 feet of fencing in the BART bus zone," Farrow said.

He said that no other vehicles appear to have been affected in the crash.